Egg, ~1mm wide | July 12, 2011 | Victorio Siqueroli Park, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
These curiously textured and patterned eggs were placed on a dried leaf tip. I don’t recall ever seeing anything quite like them. I don’t know what they are, but I’d guess moth eggs.
Some of the ones around the edge are a bit crumpled.
Edge shot, showing crumpling
Here’s a wider view, to give you some context for the placement.
Wider shot, showing placement
These must be pentatomid, or at least pentatomoid. On the closer view I can see the distinctive ring of micropylar processes (which would be obvious spikes on a Podisus egg) delimiting the “lid,” which I guess is called a pseudoperculum. Beautiful eggs, beautiful photos.